Once upon a time, vampires were not just screen terrors or the stuff of nightmares. They were real creatures stalking ... it led to hysteria in the community, prompting police to get involved.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In the early 1700s, a series of unusual events kicked off a "media sensation" about vampires. One physician described a "magical plague" in ...

Moreover, rather than populating the area of the mythical, and today that of the pop, the Slavic vampire was very much part of the deepest folk beliefs – lying at the heart of the Slavic world-view.